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One of the world’s most wanted drug barons, Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman, is arrested in a joint US-Mexican operation in Mexico’s Sinaloa state.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukrainian ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is cheered by thousands of opposition supporters in Kiev’s Independence Square after being freed from detention.
BBC News – Europe

The UK and Scottish cabinets are to hold separate meetings less than 10 miles apart in the north-east of Scotland on Monday, it is confirmed.
BBC News – UK

Protests are held against the Arizona legislature’s first-in-the-nation passage of a bill allowing business owners to refuse service to gay people.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Algerian president, who has not publicly addressed the country for nearly three years, will run for re-election, his office says.
BBC News – Africa

January’s public finances showed a surplus of £4.7bn, according to official figures, less than the surplus recorded a year ago.
BBC News – Business

A Libyan military plane carrying doctors and patients crashes in Tunisia, killing all 11 people on board, officials say.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro threatens to expel the US news network CNN from the country over its reporting of recent protests there.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders sign a deal on early presidential polls after months of political crisis.
BBC News – Europe

Specialist anti-slavery teams are to be based at UK airports to help spot victims of human trafficking, the government has announced.
BBC News – UK

Two Los Angeles Dodgers fans are sentenced for the 2011 beating of a San Francisco Giants fan, which left the victim permanently disabled.
BBC News – US & Canada

A car bomb explodes at Somalia’s presidential palace, followed by a fierce gun battle inside – the president was not harmed but two officials are killed.
BBC News – Africa

The UK’s economic recovery is “not yet secure”, Chancellor George Osborne is warning in the run-up to next month’s Budget.
BBC News – Business

Twenty journalists, including foreigners from the al-Jazeera TV channel, are due to go on trial on terrorism charges in Egypt’s capital Cairo.
BBC News – Middle East

US President Barack Obama vows to expand trade agreements between North America and Asia, after a summit with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Foreign ministers from France, Germany and Poland are to hold crisis talks in Ukraine, following the deadliest clashes since the unrest began in November.
BBC News – Europe

An increasing number of young people with mental health problems in England are being treated on adult psychiatric wards, it emerges.
BBC News – UK

Facebook buys popular messaging app WhatsApp for $ 19bn (£11.4bn), in a deal Mark Zuckerberg describes as “incredibly valuable”.
BBC News – US & Canada

Suicide bombers reportedly take part in a “massive” attack in northern Nigeria a day after a spokesman said the army was winning the war against militants.
BBC News – Africa

The UK’s inflation rate falls to 1.9% in January, the first time in more than four years that it has gone below the Bank of England’s 2% target.
BBC News – Business